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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4062
20 Oct 2026, 09:02 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNRXN2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereddf3d20d59cd20570
discovery-0.02 p=0.962 n=9
replication-0.84 p=0.0043 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.02, p 0.962)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4062: NRXN2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.37 (p 0.127, n 18), 95% CI -0.72 to +0.11. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.37 (p 0.127, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.46 (p 0.052, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.51 to -0.29, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.37 (p 0.127, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NRXN2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.